Don't Try to Change Me.

Take me as I am. I'll accept you, flaws and all.

I adore you, I've only heard these words from one person. And I let that person go because I just couldn't stand him any more. Yet I still yearn to hear these words again. It's so weird that this line could make my little heart feel whole. I can't wait to hear these words again and from who... Whom? Idk

RE-Posted

Killer Louboutin heels with that signature red sole for just $177, delivered to your door at 80% less than the $860 retail price.

Strappy Jimmy Choo sandals at $143.99, 64% less than the $395.99 value at the label's Fifth Ave. store.

Such are the boasts of flashy Web sites featuring red-carpet shots of J.Lo, Sarah Jessica Parker and Cameron Diaz in the
wildly glamorous shoes.

One includes a photograph of Christian Louboutin proudly inspecting the craftsmanship at his Paris workshop.

It seems too good to be true - and it is.

Tens of thousands of online shoppers are falling for the latest variety of fakes flooding the Internet.



Despite ultra-convincing pictures and claims that the Web sites are run directly by the designers and the footwear is individually crafted in Europe, it's a scam.

The goods are neither handmade nor exclusive. They are mass-produced in China.

The "leather" often smells of toxic chemicals, the "hand-stitching" is replicated by sewing machine, and the sizing is inaccurate.

Return the purchase and, on top of the cost of shipping, customers are subject to a "restocking" fee of up to 20%. Little wonder most swallow the disappointment and don't bother to send them back.

If disappointment were the only result of the fraud, it wouldn't make headlines. Who really cares about image-obsessed fashionistas being ripped off?

On closer examination, however, this international con has a devastating and far-reaching effect.

Child labor, money laundering, prostitution and terrorist activity go hand in hand with the counterfeit trade managed by criminal gangs.

In a recent sweatshop raid in Thailand a group of children, all under 10 years old, was found assembling leather purses. Horrifyingly, their limbs had been deliberately broken to keep them from escaping. The owners had tied their lower legs to their thighs so the bones wouldn't mend.

Closer to home, fakes are believed to be responsible for the loss of 750,000 American jobs, many in Manhattan's famed Garment District. They cost New York City an estimated $1 billion each year in tax revenue.

Copyright and trademark violations by cleverly named Web sites such as ChristianLouboutinLondon.com and LouboutinOnly.com rob the fashion industry of millions more.

"People assume it's a victimless crime, but that couldn't be further from the truth," says magazine publisher Valerie Salembier, who heads Harper's Bazaar's anticounterfeiting program FakesAreNeverInFashion.com.

"If the end user knew that their $50 knock-off handbag funds terrifying practices by organized criminals, they would think again about that supposed bargain. In France, customers risk imprisonment or heavy fines for purchasing or carrying fake goods."




I was actually about to fall for one of these sites, i knew it was too good to be true. And i've never actually thought about the labor that goes into these fakes! I only thought about how great these shoes would look on me if i got them. Luckily i stopped myself, looked up the site, and read a bunch of articles on this issue. WHICH i didnt even knowww was an issue to begin with!
I'll never look at a fake the same again.
or
buy one.

p.s.
I clicked on that scam site from the sidebar of my facebook. makes me wanna kick facebook in its nuts. (just saying)

what words would you use to describe how she feels?

blessed.

i actually never use the word blessed, but that's the only word that fully describes how i feel right now.
after having a whole weekend birthday celebration, with all my friends, i've never felt so damn blessed. i couldn't have asked for a better birthday, a better family or better friends. this whole weekend i was so stressed out about everybody having fun, hoping that everything was going to turned out perfect, that i basically stopped myself from having fun. i made a bunch of mistakes and got so many people mad at me. and since my friends knew i was drunk, i was stressed out, and that it was my birthday, they completely forgave me and still love me by the time the sun started to rise. we all laughed it off, and i apologized a million times.
damn i was so happy to see all of my friends be so understanding. even though all those faces we're making fun of my drunk ass! haha
i truly appreciate them. i almost feel like i could conquer the world.
i just wish i had the words the better describe how amazing the people around me are. i could only hope that everybody else could be as lucky as i am.

happy halloween my loves

very effing sexyyy

yup.